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well, it’s done and ready to wear! i actually finished this coat on thanksgiving day (really – i was sitting at the table, furiously tacking down the red lace hem while my mom was reheating the honeybaked ham :)), but wasn’t able to get any pictures until this past weekend. my pictures are terrible but they are better than not having any pictures!

a couple teasers to remind you of what we’re dealing with:
lady grey pattern

bound buttonhole & sparkly button
this is the true color of the coat – my other pictures are a bit off.

more after the cut!

i LOVE the shaping, especially in the back! all that interfacing paid off 🙂

there is a little gape at the lapels but it’s nbd

without the belt

partially opened

yay lining!
as i’ve previously mentioned, the red lace @ the bottom is because there was a discrepancy with the pattern so the lining & shell fabric did not match up at the bottom. i couldn’t find any turquoise or silver lace, so i went with a contrast! i love red and turquoise!

i would tally up the total amount $$$ i spent on the this coat, but i honestly don’t really want to know. i’d guess around $250, though. not to mention hours and hours of sewing & hand sewing and PADSTITCHING!!

12 Responses to “completed: the lady grey!”

all the time. the big 4 (simplicity, vogue, mccall’s & butterick) are the worst offenders. smaller companies generally pay more attention to details like that, although i guess not everyone can be perfect like us 🙂 haha

It looks AMAZING. A few weeks ago I read all of your posts on this project & the amount of work that went into this is ASTOUNDING. I love the high quality fabrics and techniques you always use, it makes me gleeful!

That coat is lovely! I bought a gorgeous piece of lavender wool to make a winter coat, but haven’t found the right pattern yet. Maybe this one?
About all that padstitching….I took a tailoring class many years ago, and made a lovely jacket. It became my ‘Pub’ jacket as it could spend an evening crumpled up in a ball, then with a quick shake, still look presentable. That was thanks to all the padstitches and other handstitching I did (including the satin-stitch onogram on the front facing). So its worth it!